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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/cs/Qrussia-nato-baltic.REAm_CSG.html Russia fears NATO's Baltic nuclear threat MOSCOW, Sept 16 (AFP) - Moscow fears that NATO may deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltic states and therefore opposes the Atlantic alliance's expansion into the former Soviet republics, the deputy head of the Russian general staff said Monday. "NATO still has nuclear weapons in Europe. There is no guarantee that the alliance will not deploy part of these weapons in the Baltic countries, near Russian territory," General Yury Baluyevsky told a press conference. "Therefore, we oppose an enlargement of NATO," Baluyevsky added. The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are among the countries expected to be offered invitations into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) at an upcoming November summit in Prague. Russia voices a reluctance to see the Baltic states join NATO, although Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkyavichyus in July that Moscow would not retaliate should Lithuania decide to join the alliance. In May, Russia and the 19 alliance member states established a NATO-Russia joint council in which Moscow has an unprecedented say in some NATO decisions, although not NATO's military plans. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
